
are to stand without fault before the throne of God, will they feel most deeply
the wrongs of God's professed people."—Id.,
vol.
3, p. 266.
7.
What description does Zephaniah give of the same people?
-
Zeph.
3:13.
8.
What has God promised to be to His people when the heavens and.
the earth are shaken? Joel 3:16.
NorE.—"I heard the voice of God which shook the heavens and the earth..
There was a mighty earthquake. Buildings were shaken down, and fell on every
side. I then heard a triumphant shout of victory, loud, musical, and clear. I
looked upon this company, who, a short time before, were in such distress and
bondage. Their captivity was turned. A glorious light shone upon them. How
beautiful they then looked! All weariness and marks of care were gone; health
and beauty were seen in every countenance. Their enemies, the heathen around
them, fell like dead men. They could not endure the light that shone upon the
delivered, holy ones. This light and glory remained upon them until Jesus was.
seen in the clouds of heaven, and the faithful, tried company were changed in
a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, from glory to glory."—Id.,
vol. 1,
p. 184..
"Those who are finally victorious will have seasons of terrible perplexity
and trial in their religious life; but they must not cast away their confidence,.
for this is a part of their discipline in the school of Christ, and it is essential in
order that all dross may be purged away."—Mrs.
E. G. White, in the Review
,
and Herald, April 8, 1890.
9.
What word is God sending us to-day? Isa. 60:1, 2.
NOTE.—"Christ has made every provision that His church shall be a trans-
formed body, illumined with the Light of the world, possessing the glory of
Immanuel. It is His purpose that every Christian shall be surrounded with a.
spiritual atmosphere of light and .peace. He desires that we shall reveal His.
own joy in our
lives."="Prophets and Kings,"
p. 720.
10.
To what should we awake? 1 Cor. 15:34.
11.
What character should the members of the remnant church possess
while still in this mortal flesh? 2 Cor. 4:10, 11.
12.
How should the remnant live while in this world? Titus 2:11-13.
NOTE.—"When Christ is in the heart it will be so softened and subdued by
love for God and man that fretting, faultfinding, and contention will not exist
there. The religion of Christ in the heart will gain for its possessor a complete
victory over those passions that are seeking for the
mastery."—"Testimonies,"
vol. 4, p. 610..
13.
What was the secret of •such a life on the part of the apostle Paul?.
Phil. 1:20, 21.
NOTE.—"The one who stands nearest to Christ will be he who on earth has
drunk most deeply of the spirit of His self-sacrificing love,—love that `vaunteth
not itself, is not puffecI up, .
seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil,'—love that moves the disciple, as it moved our Lord, to give
all, to live and, labor, and, sacrifice, even unto death, for the saving of humanity.
This spirit ,was made manifest in the.life of_ Paul, He said, Tor to me to live
is Christ ;',..forIlfe revealed Christ to men; !and to die. is gain,'—gain to
Christ : dekh itself, would
m
ake inanifes
t
.the power of His grace, and gather
souls to, Hhn,.,`Christ shall be.magnified in my, body,' he said, 'whether it be,
by life or by dekh.'
"—"The Desire of Ages,"
p. 549.
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